trader

noun

trad·​er ˈtrā-dər 

1

: a person whose business is buying and selling or barter: such as

a

: merchant

b

: a person who buys and sells (something, such as stocks or commodities futures) in search of short-term profits

2

: a ship engaged in the coastal or foreign trade

Synonyms of trader

• dealer
• merchant
• businessman
• retailer

Examples of trader in a Sentence

She is a stock trader.

early explorers and fur traders

Recent Examples on the Web

The captives perch preciously on the head of a slave trader who looks straight ahead, indifferent to the others’ suffering. —James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026

Those rates are for the wholesale electricity market, meaning traders must pay someone to take the surplus energy instead of the other way around. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Jan. 2026

But their retail traders continued buying all the way down, drawing on their past successes in increasing exposure amid pullbacks rather than panicking. —Alex Harring, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025

Mobile phone traders gathered outside major shopping centers after closing their stores. —Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing trader

• day trader
• free trader

Rhymes for trader

• aider
• fader
• grader
• kadir
• nadir
• prader
• raider
• schrader
• seder
• shader
• crusader
• invader

Kids Definition

trader

noun

trad·​er ˈtrād-ər 

1

: a person who trades

2

: a ship engaged in trade